The history of PendennisEstes & Lauriat, 1896 |
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... Major Pendennis . " What , you're Wigsby's nephew , are you ? " said the peer . " I beg your pardon , we always call him Wigsby . " Pen blushed to hear his venerable uncle called by such a familiar name . " We balloted you in last week ...
... Major Pendennis . " What , you're Wigsby's nephew , are you ? " said the peer . " I beg your pardon , we always call him Wigsby . " Pen blushed to hear his venerable uncle called by such a familiar name . " We balloted you in last week ...
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... went over to his uncle's lodgings in Bury Street with some considerable tremor , and in compliance with his mother's earnest desire , that he should instantly call on Major Pendennis ; and was not a little relieved 42 PENDENNIS .
... went over to his uncle's lodgings in Bury Street with some considerable tremor , and in compliance with his mother's earnest desire , that he should instantly call on Major Pendennis ; and was not a little relieved 42 PENDENNIS .
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... Major had not yet returned to town . His apartments were blank . Brown Hollands covered his library - table , and bills and letters lay on the mantel- piece , grimly awaiting the return of their owner . The Major was on the continent ...
... Major had not yet returned to town . His apartments were blank . Brown Hollands covered his library - table , and bills and letters lay on the mantel- piece , grimly awaiting the return of their owner . The Major was on the continent ...
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... Major . " The cadets of many of our good families follow the robe as a pro- fession . Comfortable rooms , eh ? " " Honly saw the outside of the door , sir , with Mr. Warrington's name and Mr. Arthur's painted up , and a piece of paper ...
... Major . " The cadets of many of our good families follow the robe as a pro- fession . Comfortable rooms , eh ? " " Honly saw the outside of the door , sir , with Mr. Warrington's name and Mr. Arthur's painted up , and a piece of paper ...
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... Major was too wise to have a nephew as a constant inmate of any house where he was in the habit of passing his time the Major one day entered one of those public vehicles , and bade the conductor to put him down at the gate of the Upper ...
... Major was too wise to have a nephew as a constant inmate of any house where he was in the habit of passing his time the Major one day entered one of those public vehicles , and bade the conductor to put him down at the gate of the Upper ...
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Seite 91 - Kneel undisturbed, fair saint! Pour out your praise or plaint Meekly and duly; I will not enter there, To sully your pure prayer With thoughts unruly.
Seite 74 - ... dressed, and (must it be owned ?) somewhat dirty — were here smoking and drinking, and vociferously applauding the songs ; young University bucks were to be found here, too, with that indescribable genteel simper which is only learned at the knees of Alma Mater ; and handsome young guardsmen, and florid bucks from the St. James's-street Clubs ; nay, senators, English and Irish ; and even members of the House of Peers. The bass singer had made an immense hit with his song of " The Body Snatcher,"...
Seite 91 - ALTHOUGH I enter not, Yet round about the spot Ofttimes I hover ; And near the sacred gate, With longing eyes I wait, Expectant of her. The Minster bell tolls out Above the city's rout, And noise and humming : They've hush'd the Minster bell : The organ 'gins to swell : She's coming, she's coming...